gente, desculpem mandar em inglês pra cá! se alguém for estar lá, ótimo!
mas a intenção era pra mandar pra lista geralzona (mais provável q alguém esteja, né?) algum brasileiro viajante vai ao IGF esse ano? On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Oona Castro <ocas...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > hope you're all well. > > Does anyone know anyone from Wikimedia who will be attending the Internet > Governance Forum in Baku (Azerbaijan)? > > I just got this email from the Center for Technology and Society of > FGV-RIO (Brazil) and they'll be organizing a workshop "how to engage users" > and are inviting Wikimedia Foundation to speak. > > Is anyone attending IGF and would be available for speaking there? > > please find details below (IGF will take place on 6-9 November 2012) > > (No.120) How to engage users? > Status: > Accepted > Workshop Theme: > Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] > Workshop Theme: > Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] > Theme Question: > > Thematic Cluster 2 "Enabling Environment" > Consice Description of Workshop: > > Gradually and slowly as we merge the digital divide, it is possible to > envision the Internet as an ultimate leveler, representing one playing > field, where, theoretically, everybody has the potential to interact. But > how to engage users on political debates? How to use the net to bring them > to the negotiation table? There are indeed, a few examples of Internet > serving as a tool for empowerment. In some countries, public sector have > been fostering such initiatives, as the case of Iceland, where an online > public consultation was held for drafting it's new constitution. Or Brazil, > where a several consultations are being held either to discuss digital > rights or to monitor implementation of public policies, such as the > initiative from the so called “Gabinete Digital”, where citizens where able > to demand policies from the governor in a real virtual > dialogue.Entrepreneurship has also played a role in terms of users > engagement. As the case of Ushahidi, a remarkable open source web platform, > that had allowed users to crowd source information about violent “hotspots” > and spreading rampages, which was all sent via email or mobile > text-messages, generating an online interactive mapping of the crisis, or > the so called “activist mapping”.Users have also been involved in creative > usages of the internet for education and others forms of exercising > citizenship. Wikipedia is the most paradigmatic example, once, besides > engaging users for the production of content, it was also one of the > leaders at SOPA/PIPA online protests. In terms of social news, Reddit is > another interesting example. Nonetheless, there has been no systematic > approach or proper exchange of knowledge about mechanisms that are being > invented to engage users. Assessments like that are important to evaluate > and try to promote other initiatives to empower users.Therefore, the main > goal of this workshop is to discuss and evaluate how open online > consultations and users led initiatives have been creating mechanisms to > engage users on the Internet Government debates and other initiatives that > represent the usage of ICT for political participation. For achieving such > goal, this workshop will gather speakers with different experiences on the > topic. In a multistakeholder approach, it will gather representatives from > governments, companies, the technical community, academia and civil society > from both developed and developing countries. Active moderation will foster > debate amongst those in Baku and encourage remote interventions. > Organiser(s) Name: > > Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getúlio VargasPart of the > Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in Rio de Janeiro, CTS is the only > research center in Brazil specifically aimed at dealing with the interplay > of law, technology and society. It is engaged in different research and > education projects, and committed to interdisciplinary approach. Its > collaborations include anthropologists, computer scientists, economists, > and media executives.Among its different projects, the CTS is responsible > for helping Brazilian Ministry of Justice to create an online consultation > process to debate the privacy law, the internet civil rights framework and > is also leading a research to use cybercafes as a platform to implement > surveys on public policies assessments at low income communities. CTS also > acts as a consultant to several branches of the Brazilian government such > as the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, the National Institute of > Technology and the Ministry of Education. It is engaged in developing > projects to promote access to knowledge, protect digital rights and study > the democratization of cultural production through technology.AccessAccess > is a NGO premised on the belief that political participation and the > realization of human rights in the 21st century is increasingly dependent > on access to the internet and other forms of technology. Founded in the > wake of the 2009 Iranian post-election crackdown, Access teams with digital > activists and civil society groups internationally to build their technical > capacity and to help them advocate globally for their digital rights. > Access provides thought leadership and practical policy recommendations in > the broader field of internet freedom, and based on that expertise > mobilizes its global movement of citizens to campaign for an open internet > accessible to all.Access' Global Movement for Digital Freedom is made up of > ordinary people from all over the world. Many of them are normal internet > users without much experience in either human rights or technology, but > understanding that technology can be a powerful platform which gives us all > additional strength to achieve greater participation, accountability and > transparency. > Previous Workshop(s): > > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=W...<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=Workshops2011View&wspid=212> > Submitted Workshop Panelists: > > Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit (Tech Company, WEOG, tbc)Jim Wales, > co-founder of Wikipedia (Foundation, WEOG, tbc)Erik Hersman, co-founder of > Ushahidi (Non-profit Tech Company, Africa, tbc)Iceland Government (Govt, > WEOG, tbc)Jochai Ben-Avie, Director of Operations at Access (NGO, WEOG, > confirmed)Joana Varon, researcher from the Center of Technology and Society > (Academia, GRULAC, confirmed) > Name of Remote Moderator(s): > Naor Elimelech > > > > Thank you all > Best > Oona > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Joana Varon <jo...@varonferraz.com> > Date: 2012/7/24 > Subject: wikimedia no IGF > To: Oona Castro <oonacas...@gmail.com>, Oona Castro <ocas...@wikimedia.org > > > > > Oi Oona querida, > > Dúvida rápida: sabe se alguém da wikimedia vai estar no IGF de Baku? > Queremos convidar para nosso workshop: "How to engage users?" > > Segue a descrição: > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/proposals > > Colocamos o nome do Jim Wales, só para contar alguém da wikimedia a ser > convidado, mas quem estiver por lá será super bem vindo no painel. Tenho > urgência de confirmar e fazer upload de bios até o final da semana. Tem > como sondar por ai? > > Saudades!!! Anda por aqui? Eu estava fora por um tempo, but back in track. > > bjinhos > > joana > > > -- > > Joana Varon Ferraz > Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV) > http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/ > <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/goog_946507056> www.freenetfilm.org > @joana_varon > > > >
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